STARS FROM THE BARS – Behind Bars U.K.

Founded by Mark Bullerwell (Head Bartender and National In-House Trainer for TGI Friday’s) in 1999 and Steve Dingley (Head Bartender at London’s Toast Bar & Restaurant). Behind Bars is a company born from shared professional experience and a passion for the organization of successful bar events and training.

We have a huge team of bartending professionals to create one big happy family and make all this happen. In 2001, we provided complete bar services & Flair bartenders for the Sony Bollywood, International Music & TV Awards in Mumbai, India.

Since then Behind Bars has branched out and grown, and has been involved in many high profile events which have included the Spiderman 2 Film Premiere, Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Birthday celebrations & Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations held at The Ritz in London.

Behind Bars has earned its reputation as one of the United Kingdom’s leading bar companies by providing an extensive selection of services such as event catering, drink selection, bartender training, bar design and acts as a talent agency for Flair bartenders.

Covering all areas of bar service essential for a successful event, we are the preferred choice for corporate and private party planners – in both the UK and abroad.

In preparation for a major event, Behind Bars specializes in the location and booking of venues appropriate to the client. We offers full glassware supply and an extensive drinks selection of wines and spirits and can create bespoke cocktails, tailored to the mood of the party.

Behind Bars offers fully trained bartending staff for events – providing an efficient yet unobtrusive service. By acting as the UK’s number one agency for Flair bartenders, we can supply parties with bartenders who turn cocktail creation into a performance art with displays of bottle juggling and pyrotechnics.

Complementing such extensive events experience, we also provide a bar design service – where practical and aesthetic considerations combine to create a bar suited to its environment.

One of our many partners in the industry are Quantum Business Media, who produce the industry magazine, Flavour. We have provided the drinks service for Flavour Magazine’s Industry Bar Awards in 2003, and have also opened the awards night for the past two years with the use of a Flair bartender performing a ten minute demonstration to music.

For the past 10 or so years, Flair bartending has always been stereotyped by the film Cocktail, which starred Tom Cruise as a rookie bartender who learns his skills from scratch and wows the crowds with his good looks and juggling of bottles.

But now, Behind Bars, along with Flair Devils, based in Las Vegas are taking this bartending art form to another level by traveling the globe and performing Flair bartending shows to people from all walks of life.